A 15-year-old, Ogechi Emeto, the victim of the May 1 Nyanya bomb blast is died.
The teenager gave up the ghost, on June 12 due to of severe burns and multiple fractures she sustained during the blast.
Her plight first came to when her mother sent a SOS to well meaning Nigerians for help, as she laid in the intensive care unit of the Asokoro General Hospital, Abuja.
According to her mother the teenager who has since been buried died in pains. “She died in pains. My daughter suffered before she died. I thought Nigerians would help us,” Mrs Love Emeto.
Ogechi’s cousin, a medical doctor, said that her condition deteriorated after a major surgery to fix her broken arm. “She was fine for a while. Then, after the surgery, she started vomiting and needed oxygen machine to breathe,” he said. “Her condition deteriorated further and on Thursday, June 12, she died after suffering much pain.”